Crypto firm Ledger hikes price of Stax crypto wallet, launches Flex

Crypto firm Ledger hikes price of Stax crypto wallet, launches Flex

The Ledger Flex is a new, cheaper hardware crypto wallet from French startup Ledger. It sports an E-ink display and can be used to secure a range of crypto assets. The device is retailing at $249. Ledger Cryptocurrency storage company Ledger is raising the price of its iPod-like Stax hardware wallet by 40% — just three … Read more

Why Won’t Automakers Tell Us How Often People Actually Charge Their Plug-In Hybrids?

Why Won’t Automakers Tell Us How Often People Actually Charge Their Plug-In Hybrids?

On paper, plug-in hybrids offer the best of both worlds — electric power for daily driving and gas power for longer trips — but to get the most out of a PHEV, you have to charge it. Take the Toyota RAV4 Prime, for example. It has a 42-mile electric-only range, is rated at 94 MPGe … Read more

Maryland Power Company Paying Ford F-150 Lightning Owners To Give Power Back To The Grid

Maryland Power Company Paying Ford F-150 Lightning Owners To Give Power Back To The Grid

Vehicle-to-grid technology is slowly expanding, with more automakers and power companies starting to offer the functionality. Ford, Sunrun and the Baltimore Gas and Electric Company have partnered with three F-150 Lightning owners to use V2G tech to shore up the state’s power grid. Ford Is Gearing Up To Make A Lot More F-150 Lightnings Ford … Read more

CrowdStrike CEO says 97% of Windows sensors back online after outage

CrowdStrike CEO says 97% of Windows sensors back online after outage

The blue screen of death errors on computer screens are viewed due to the global communications outage caused by CrowdStrike, which provides cyber security services to US technology company Microsoft, on July 19, 2024 in Ankara, Turkey.  Harun Ozalp | Anadolu | Getty Images CrowdStrike CEO George Kurtz said that over 97% of Windows sensors … Read more

Next-Gen Porsche Cayenne Will Be Electric Only, Current V8 Model Will Remain On Sale Alongside It

Next-Gen Porsche Cayenne Will Be Electric Only, Current V8 Model Will Remain On Sale Alongside It

Photo: Porsche If you can believe it, more than 20 years have passed since Porsche introduced the first generation of its Cayenne SUV. What was once a super controversial model that was talked about like it would lead to the death of Porsche has become one of the brand’s biggest sellers and the benchmark of … Read more

Kamala Harris debuts official TikTok account as presidential campaign picks up

Kamala Harris debuts official TikTok account as presidential campaign picks up

U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris delivers the keynote speech at the American Federation of Teachers’ 88th national convention in Houston, Texas, U.S. July 25, 2024.  Kaylee Greenlee Beal | Reuters Vice President Kamala Harris debuted an official TikTok account on Thursday, underscoring the social broadcasting app’s importance to the 2024 presidential campaign as a way … Read more

Galaxy AI, mixed reality and foldables

Galaxy AI, mixed reality and foldables

TM Roh, the head of Samsung’s mobile business, talked about the company’s new products at the Galaxy Unpacked event in Paris, France on July 10, 2024. Samsung unveiled a slew of new products including foldable smartphones, new smartwatches and the Galaxy Ring. Arjun Kharpal | CNBC In a swanky downtown Paris hotel, Samsung Electronics’ mobile … Read more

GE HealthCare taps Amazon Web Services to build generative AI for medical use

GE HealthCare taps Amazon Web Services to build generative AI for medical use

Jakub Porzycki | Nurphoto | Getty Images GE HealthCare on Thursday announced it is teaming up with Amazon Web Services to build new generative artificial intelligence models and tools that can efficiently analyze complex medical data. The health-care industry is responsible for generating nearly one-third of all data globally, but much of this information isn’t … Read more

Toyota Believes Hydrogen Power Will Win Le Mans

Toyota Believes Hydrogen Power Will Win Le Mans

Image: Toyota Toyota Gazoo Racing is committing to its long-running FIA WEC and Le Mans 24 hypercar program, up to and including building a next-generation car powered by hydrogen. The series had previously announced that it would allow hydrogen-powered vehicles to compete in the top flight Hypercar category, where Toyota currently races the gasoline-electric hybrid … Read more

2025 Honda Civic Si Gets The Canadian Heated Seats Because Y’all Complained So Much

2025 Honda Civic Si Gets The Canadian Heated Seats Because Y’all Complained So Much

Photo: Honda When Honda revealed the Si variant of the 11th-generation Civic, people were up in arms about features missing from the U.S. model. Canadian-spec cars got heated seats, they got an all-digital dash, but American buyers had to shell out for the Integra to get the same level of amenities. Now, with the 2025 … Read more